It is often used so that multiple users can use it within an organisation to share calendars and mailboxes. The user can send, receive and manage an email account as well as configure and receive RSS feeds, social updates, calendar sharing, weather updates and more.

Outlook was first released as part of Office 97, and since then there have
been a number of releases and updates. It is commonly used within organisations as their choice of email software, so it is important that there is an understanding of this software.